Optical system for a digital light projection system including a 3-channel LED array light engine

ABSTRACT

An optical system for a digital light projection system is provided. The optical system comprises a plurality of LED arrays, wherein each LED array comprises a plurality of LEDs. The optical system also comprises an optical concentrator element positioned substantially adjacent to each of the LED arrays, wherein each concentrator element totally internally reflects light emitted from the plurality of LEDs within the corresponding LED array so as to provide substantially uniform light at an output surface of each concentrator element. The optical system preferably further comprises an optical combiner element, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element is positioned substantially adjacent to a corresponding side of the combiner element, and wherein the combiner element spatially combines the substantially uniform light provided at the output surface of each concentrator element so as to form substantially white light at an output surface of the combiner element. In one embodiment, the plurality of LED arrays consists of 3 LED arrays, wherein the 3 LED arrays consist of 3 single-color LED arrays, and wherein each of the 3 single-color LED arrays is of a different color from one another.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to the field of digital light projection systems, and, more specifically, to optical systems for digital light projection systems including a 3-channel LED array light engine.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

For digital light projection (DLP) systems, a need exists for an optical system capable of producing a substantially uniform and substantially white light in the illumination path. Traditional optical systems for DLP systems typically include light sources such as, for example, high intensity mercury lamps or xenon lamps. However, these traditional optical systems and corresponding light sources suffer from drawbacks such as, for example, non-uniformity of light, non-white light, and insufficient brightness. Moreover, the excess heat generation and high design complexity of these traditional optical systems require complicated and expensive procedures and techniques to manufacture the optical systems.

Thus, it is desirable to provide an optical system which is able to overcome the above disadvantages and which can be manufactured in an inexpensive and efficient fashion.

It is therefore desirable to provide an optical system including LED arrays and corrresponding optical concentrator elements that can be utilized in DLP systems, and that does not suffer from the above drawbacks experienced by traditional optical systems. Additionally, while addressing these problems, the optical system including LED arrays and corrresponding optical concentrator elements of the present invention will simultaneously provide superior uniformity of light, white light, and brightness desired in DLP systems.

These and other advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the detailed description of the invention hereinbelow.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to an optical system for a digital light projection system, the optical system comprising a plurality of LED arrays, wherein each LED array comprises a plurality of LEDs. The optical system also comprises an optical concentrator element positioned substantially adjacent to each of the LED arrays, wherein each concentrator element totally internally reflects light emitted from the plurality of LEDs within the corresponding LED array so as to provide substantially uniform light at an output surface of each concentrator element. The optical system may further comprise an optical combiner element, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element is positioned substantially adjacent to a corresponding side of the combiner element, and wherein the combiner element spatially combines the substantially uniform light provided at the output surface of each concentrator element so as to form substantially white light at an output surface of the combiner element.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For the present invention to be clearly understood and readily practiced, the present invention will be described in conjunction with the following figures, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view illustrating a digital light projection system including a 3-channel LED array configuration, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged, cross-sectional left side view of a portion of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1, including the 3 optical concentrator elements, the optical combiner element, and the 3 LED arrays.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged, isometric view of a portion of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1, including the optical concentrator element, the LED array and corresponding LED array mounting board.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged, plan view of a portion of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1, including the LED array and corresponding LED array mounting board.

FIG. 9 is an isometric view of a portion of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1, including the LED array and corresponding LED array mounting board.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a portion of the digital light projection system shown in FIG. 1, including the optical combiner element, illumination optics, total internal reflection (TIR) prism, digital imaging device, and projection optics.

FIG. 11 is a left side view of the configuration shown in FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is an unfolded plan view of the configuration shown in FIG. 10.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

It is to be understood that the figures and descriptions of the present invention may have been simplified to illustrate elements that are relevant for a clear understanding of the present invention, while eliminating, for purposes of clarity, other elements found in a typical digital light projection system. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that other elements may be desirable and/or required in order to implement the present invention. However, because such elements are well known in the art, and because they do not facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, a discussion of such elements is not provided herein. It is also to be understood that the drawings included herewith only provide diagrammatic representations of the presently preferred structures of the present invention and that structures falling within the scope of the present invention may include structures different than those shown in the drawings. Reference will now be made to the drawings wherein like structures are provided with like reference designations.

Illustrated in FIG. 1 is a digital light projection (DLP) system 100 in accordance with an preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The DLP system is an assembly and orientation of components including an armature 1, projection housing 2, lens 9, digital micromirror device (DMD) board 22, lens straps 32,33, turning (folding) mirrors 52,53, total internal reflection (TIR) prism top cover 55, TIR prism front cover 57, beam dump 58, illuminator housing 66, light emitting diode (LED) housing 71, and LED heat sink 87. Although a DMD is utilized in this configuration as the digital imaging device 75 (see FIGS. 10-12), alternative digital imaging devices may be contemplated.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a right side view of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 (with reference to the cross-sectional portion of FIG. 5) is an enlarged, cross-sectional left side view of a portion of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1, including 3 optical concentrator elements 16, an optical combiner element 40, and 3 LED arrays 150. FIG. 6 also illustrates a pin 1, alignment disk 2, housing 3 (preferably aluminum which is cast or machined), prism 4, aperture 5, prism retainer 8, prism o-ring 11, spring 13, optical concentrator element board (or LED array mounting board) 14, LED (die) 15, small heat spreader 17, optical concentrator element lock 18, custom heat sink 19, and optical concentrator element holder 20. Although it is shown that, in this preferred example, one particular type of LED is utilized (i.e. LL-CREE XB290—for one of the 3 channels), other LEDs from other manufacturers may of course be contemplated. The number of LEDs per each LED array is preferably 32 but this number may vary. Also, the number of LEDs in one LED array may differ from that in another LED array.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged, isometric view of a portion of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1, including an optical concentrator element 16, an LED array 150 and corresponding LED array mounting board 14. FIG. 7 also illustrates a preferred LED circuit trace 46 comprising, for example, gold. The LED array mounting board 14 comprises an LED sub-mount/board 47 comprising, for example, berillium oxide. The LEDs 15 may be directly mounted on LED array mounting board 14 or via a supplemental board therebetween.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged, plan view of a portion of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1, including an LED array 150 and corresponding LED array mounting board 14. The preferred dimensions and spacings of the LEDs 15 in the corresponding LED array 150 are as illustrated in FIG. 8 (i.e. A=0.30 mm, B=0.30 mm, C=1.90 mm, and D=1.90 mm). It is noted that other dimensions and spacings may be contemplated. FIG. 9 is an isometric view of a portion of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1.

The optical concentrator element 16 is positioned substantially adjacent to each LED array 150, wherein each concentrator element 16 totally internally reflects light emitted from the plurality of LEDs 15 within the corresponding LED array 150 so as to provide substantially uniform light at an output surface of each concentrator element 16. The concentrator element 16 is formed by diamond-turning or mold processes. The concentrator element 16 preferably comprises a plastic, glass, or polymer material, or combinations thereof, that can withstand high heat such as, for example, Zeonex®. The concentrator element 16 is positioned directly in contact with each LED array. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in the drawings, the concentrator element 16 is solid and TIR is employed therein. However, a reflective layer may be formed on portions (or the entire) outer surface of the concentrator element 16 to effect specular reflection instead of TIR. Alternative, the concentrator element 16 may be hollow and have reflective surfaces to achieve specular reflection. A concentrator element 16 having a combination of TIR and specular reflective portions may alternatively be contemplated.

The DLP system 100 may additionally include an optical coupling material positioned between the concentrator element and each LED array, wherein the optical coupling material is in contact with the concentrator element and each LED array. The optical coupling material preferably comprises a gel having an index of refraction which substantially matches that of the concentrator element.

Each LED array comprises LEDs which are preferably less than 0.35 mm in width, with 0.30 mm more preferably being the optimum width. Each LED array comprises LEDs which are spaced from adjacent LEDs within the same array by an amount preferably less than 0.025 mm, with 0.02 mm more preferably being the optimum spacing.

The concentrator element 16 preferably has a conic shape, and more preferably has a complex conic shape. The concentrator element 16 may either have a substantially parabolic cross section, a cross section which is a portion of a substantially hyperbolic shape, a cross section which is a portion of a substantially elliptical shape, or combinations thereof.

The DLP system 100 preferably further comprises an optical combiner element 40, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element 16 is positioned substantially adjacent to a corresponding side of the combiner element 40, and wherein the combiner element 40 spatially combines the substantially uniform light provided at the output surface of each concentrator element 16 so as to form substantially white light at an output surface of the combiner element 40.

The combiner element 40 preferably is a combiner cube which preferably comprises 4 prisms which are preferably composed of plastic, glass, polymer, or combinations thereof, with BK7 glass being the more preferred material. Dichroic coatings are preferably positioned between the prisms. The combiner element 40 preferably has an antireflective coating on the outside surfaces thereof. The combiner cube may be the type which is known in the art as an “X-Cube”. Although other types of combiner elements may be contemplated.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the combiner element allows red light from the left concentrator element 16 to be reflected downward, while being transmissive to green and blue from the other concentrator elements 16. Similarly, the same combiner element allows blue light from the right concentrator element 16 to be reflected downward, while being transmissive to green and red from the other concentrator elements 16. However, the same combiner element is transmissive for allowing the green light from the top concentrator element 16 to be transmitted downward. Of course, the locations of these colors may be varied or switched.

The plurality of LED arrays preferably consists of 3 LED arrays, wherein the 3 LED arrays preferably consist of 3 single-color LED arrays, and wherein each of the 3 single-color LED arrays is preferably of a different color from one another. More preferably, the 3 single-color LED arrays consist of an LED array consisting of only red LEDs, an LED array consisting of only green LEDs, and an LED array consisting of only blue LEDs. However, multi-color LED arrays (i.e. an LED array having multi-colored LEDs within the same LED array) may alternatively be contemplated.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a portion of the DLP system 100 shown in FIG. 1, including the optical combiner element 40, TIR cube 76 (e.g. preferably comprising 2 prisms with preferably an air interface (gap) therebetween), and digital imaging device 75. Sample ray traces are also illustrated in FIGS. 10-12. FIG. 11 is a left side view of the configuration shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is an unfolded plan view of the configuration shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 also identifies the optical system which comprises illumination optics 98 and projection optics 99 portions of the DLP system 100.

Commonly available optical design software such as, for example, ZEMAX (Focus Software, Inc.) may be used to assist in describing the various characteristics (e.g. radius, thickness, glass type, diameter, and whether the surface is conic) corresponding to each surface region of each individual elements/groups within the optical system. In the preferred exemplary configuration shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the ZEMAX software outputs surface data describing these surface characteristics as illustrated in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 specifically illustrates data corresponding to the illumination optics 98 portion of the DLP system 100 while Table 2 specifically illustrates data corresponding to the projection optics 99 portion of the DLP system 100.

Of course, other surface data values for each individual element/group will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the present disclosure and may therefore be determined through routine experimentation dependent, inter alia, on the overall configuration and positioning of the individual elements/groups within the optical system, and the quality of the image desired. TABLE 1 ZEMAX Software Output Describing Surface Data Summary and Detail for Each Individual Element within the Illumination Optical System 98 GENERAL LENS DATA: Surfaces: 58 Stop: 18 System Aperture: Object Space NA = 0.342 Telecentric Mode: On Glass Catalogs: OHARA SCHOTT Ray Aiming: Off Apodization: Uniform, factor = 0.00000E+000 Effective Focal Length: 8.441475 (in air at system temperature and pressure) Effective Focal Length: 8.441475 (in image space) Back Focal Length: −1.62518 Total Track: 103.0885 Image Space F/#: 1.159715e−009 Paraxial Working F/#: 3.000081 Working F/#: 3.786189 Image Space NA: 0.1643947 Object Space NA: 0.342 Stop Radius: −14.12827 Paraxial Image Height: 10.26355 Paraxial Magnification: −2.183735 Entrance Pupil Diameter: 7.278919e+009 Entrance Pupil Position: 1e+010 Exit Pupil Diameter: 6.144481 Exit Pupil Position: −0.7151799 Field Type: Object height in Millimeters Maximum Field: 4.7 Primary Wave: 0.525 Lens Units: Millimeters Angular Magnification: 1.184627e+009 Fields: 8 Field Type: Object height in Millimeters # X-Value Y-Value Weight 1 0.000000 −4.700000 1.000000 2 −4.700000 0.000000 1.000000 3 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 4 0.000000 4.700000 1.000000 5 −4.700000 0.000000 1.000000 6 0.000000 2.350000 1.000000 7 0.000000 −2.350000 1.000000 8 4.680000 0.000000 1.000000 Vignetting Factors # VDX VDY VCX VCY VAN 1 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 3 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 4 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 5 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 6 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 7 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 8 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Wavelengths: 3 Units: μm # Value Weight 1 0.460000 0.100000 2 0.525000 0.100000 3 0.638000 0.100000 SURFACE DATA SUMMARY: Com- Surf Type ment Radius Thickness Glass Diameter Conic OBJ TILTSURF — −0.1 9.4 —  1 COORDBRK — 0 — —  2 COORDBRK — 0 — —  3 STANDARD Infinity −20 BK7 9.946429 0  4 STANDARD Infinity 0 19.67943 0  5 COORDBRK — −8.5 — —  6 COORDBRK — 0 — —  7 STANDARD 21.71 −7.891024 S-TIM5 24 0  8 STANDARD 18.25 −0.5 30 0  9 COORDBRK — 0 — — 10 STANDARD Infinity −4.557022 S- 34 0 LAH66 11 STANDARD 88.4428 −20 34 0 12 COORDBRK — 0 — — 13 STANDARD Infinity 0 MIR- 48.54833 0 ROR 14 COORDBRK — 15 — — 15 COORDBRK — 0 — — 16 STANDARD 33.39 13.54779 S- 35 0 PHM52 17 STANDARD −27.48 8 S-TIH6 35 0 STO STANDARD −86.487 18 30.58858 0 19 COORDBRK — 0 — — 20 STANDARD Infinity 0 MIR- 32.50427 0 ROR 21 COORDBRK — −25 — — 22 COORDBRK — 0 — — 23 STANDARD 14.454 −5.741131 S- 21.5 0 LAH66 24 STANDARD 24.38 −1.792458 26 0 25 COORDBRK — 0 — — 26 STANDARD Infinity −8.394174 S- 26.89927 0 LAH66 27 STANDARD 35.2 −1.5 27.97676 0 28 COORDBRK — 0 — — 29 STANDARD Infinity 0 27.73099 0 30 STANDARD Infinity 0 BK7 27.73099 0 31 COORDBRK — 0 — — 32 COORDBRK — 0 — — 33 STANDARD Infinity 0 MIR- 46.07963 0 ROR 34 COORDBRK — 0 — — 35 COORDBRK — 0 — — 36 STANDARD Infinity 2.5 23.09484 0 37 STANDARD Infinity 3 FK5 19.75174 0 38 STANDARD Infinity 0.5 20.79397 0 39 STANDARD Infinity 0 21.06476 0 40 COORDBRK — 0 — — 41 PARAXIAL — 0 9369.208 — 42 COORDBRK — 0 — — 43 PARAXIAL — 0 21.06476 — 44 STANDARD Infinity −0.5 MIR- 21.06476 0 ROR 45 STANDARD Infinity −3 FK5 20.86724 0 46 STANDARD Infinity −2.5 21.35858 0 47 STANDARD Infinity −23 BK7 22.46585 0 48 STANDARD Infinity −2 29.18505 0 49 STANDARD −49.071 −5.7785 S- 27 0 PHM53 50 STANDARD 49.071 −0.2 27 0 51 STANDARD −23.88 −6.194 S- 27 0 BSM81 52 STANDARD Infinity −0.2 27 0 53 STANDARD −14.732 −7.297 S-FSL5 20 0 54 STANDARD 35.2 −8.181 S-TIH6 20 0 55 STANDARD −32 −0.91 9.749377 0 56 STANDARD Infinity 0 8.773558 0 57 STANDARD Infinity 0 8.773558 0 IMA STANDARD Infinity 8.35577 0 SURFACE DATA DETAIL: Surface OBJ: TIILTSURF X Tangent: 0 Y Tangent: 0 Surface 1: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: −131 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 2: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: −2.9 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 3: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 10 Y Half Width: 10 X-Decenter: 0 Y-Decenter: −0.5 Surface 4: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 10 Y Half Width: 10 X-Decenter: 0 Y-Decenter: −0.5 Surface 5: COORDBRK Decenter X: −5.2218237 Decenter Y: 0.54365794 Tilt About X: 1.9041816 Tilt About Y: −15.502077 Tilt About Z: 2.9 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 6: COORDBRK Decenter X: 3.3921034 Decenter Y: −0.66705067 Tilt About X: −5.3573672 Tilt About Y: 19.739401 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 7: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 12 Surface 8: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 15 Surface 9: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0.14501681 Decenter Y: −1.0712542 Tilt About X: −0.066043177 Tilt About Y: −2.1064114 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 10: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 17 Surface 11: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 17 Surface 12: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: 47.8 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 13: STANDARD Aperture: Elliptical Aperture X Half Width: 17 Y Half Width: 23 X-Decenter: 0 Y-Decenter: 2.5 Surface 14: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: 47.8 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 15: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0.99137317 Decenter Y: 3.376614 Tilt About X: −1.475471 Tilt About Y: −0.81685172 Tilt About Z: 131 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 16: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 17.5 Surface 17: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 17.5 Surface STO: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 17.5 Surface 19: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: −38.08 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 20: STANDARD Aperture: Elliptical Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 17 Surface 21: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 0 Tilt About X: −38.08 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 22: COORDBRK Decenter X: −0.47489395 Decenter Y: −2.5440208 Tilt About X: −11.395468 Tilt About Y: 0.41607589 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 23: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 10.75 Surface 24: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 13 Surface 25: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0.14410789 Decenter Y: 0.37194946 Tilt About X: 4.0907234 Tilt About Y: −1.1395971 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 26: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 14 Surface 27: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 14 Surface 28: COORDBRK Decenter X: −0.19341404 Decenter Y: 0.80152634 Tilt About X: 3.4489226 Tilt About Y: 0.68325579 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 29: STANDARD Surface 30: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 13.03 Surface 31: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 13.03 Tilt About X: 47 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 32: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: −23.565 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 33: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 23.57 Surface 34: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: −23.565 Tilt About X: 33 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 35: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 17.5 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 36: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 17.5 Surface 37: STANDARD Surface 38: STANDARD Surface 39: STANDARD Surface 40: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: 4451.5 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 41: PARAXIAL Focal length: −10000 OPD Mode: 0 Surface 42: COORDBRK Decenter X: 0 Decenter Y: −4451.5 Tilt About X: 0 Tilt About Y: 0 Tilt About Z: 0 Order: Decenter then tilt Surface 43: PARAXIAL Focal length: 0 OPD Mode: 0 Surface 44: STANDARD Surface 45: STANDARD Surface 46: STANDARD Surface 47: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 18 Surface 48: STANDARD Aperture: Rectangular Aperture X Half Width: 13.5 Y Half Width: 18 Surface 49: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 13 Surface 50: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 51: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 52: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 53: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 10 Surface 54: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 10 Surface 55: STANDARD Surface 56: STANDARD Surface 57: STANDARD Aperture: Circular Aperture Minimum Radius: 0 Maximum Radius: 3.06 Surface IMA: STANDARD COATING DEFINITIONS: PHYSICAL OPTICS PROPAGATION SETTINGS SUMMARY: OBJ TILTSURF Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 1 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 2 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 3 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 4 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 5 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 6 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 7 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 8 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 9 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 10 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 11 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 12 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 13 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 14 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 15 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 16 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 17 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit STO STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 19 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 20 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 21 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 22 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 23 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 24 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 25 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 26 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 27 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 28 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 29 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 30 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 31 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 32 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 33 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 34 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 35 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 36 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 37 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 38 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 39 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 40 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 41 PARAXIAL Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 42 COORDBRK Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 43 PARAXIAL Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 44 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 45 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 46 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 47 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 48 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 49 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 50 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 51 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 52 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 53 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 54 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 55 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 56 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 57 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit IMA STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit EDGE THICKNESS DATA: Surf X-Edge Y-Edge OBJ −0.100000 −0.100000  1 0.000000 0.000000  2 0.000000 0.000000  3 −20.000000 −20.000000  4 0.000000 0.000000  5 −8.500000 −8.500000  6 3.617900 3.617900  7 −3.654235 −3.654235  8 −8.354689 −8.354689  9 0.000000 0.000000 10 −2.907821 −2.907821 11 −21.649201 −21.649201 12 0.000000 0.000000 13 0.000000 0.000000 14 15.000000 15.000000 15 4.953367 4.953367 16 2.301690 2.301690 17 12.929674 12.929674 STO 19.363056 19.363056 19 0.000000 0.000000 20 0.000000 0.000000 21 −25.000000 −25.000000 22 4.791929 4.791929 23 −6.777909 −6.777909 24 −5.547609 −5.547609 25 0.000000 0.000000 26 −5.495339 −5.495339 27 −4.398835 −4.398835 28 0.000000 0.000000 29 0.000000 0.000000 30 0.000000 0.000000 31 0.000000 0.000000 32 0.000000 0.000000 33 0.000000 0.000000 34 0.000000 0.000000 35 0.000000 0.000000 36 2.500000 2.500000 37 3.000000 3.000000 38 0.500000 0.500000 39 0.000000 0.000000 40 0.000000 0.000000 41 0.000000 0.000000 42 0.000000 0.000000 43 0.000000 0.000000 44 −0.500000 −0.500000 45 −3.000000 −3.000000 46 −2.500000 −2.500000 47 −23.000000 −23.000000 48 −3.893537 −3.893537 49 −1.991427 −1.991427 50 −6.275709 −6.275709 51 −2.011827 −2.011827 52 −4.113875 −4.113875 53 −1.932791 −1.932791 54 −10.004803 −10.004803 55 −0.536530 −0.536530 56 0.000000 0.000000 57 0.000000 0.000000 IMA 0.000000 0.000000 MULTI-CONFIGURATION DATA: Configuration 1: 1 Y-field 1: −4.7 2 X-field 2: −4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 1, offset 0 3 Y-field 4: 4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale −1, offset 0 4 X-field 5: −4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 1, offset 0 5 Y-field 6: 2.35 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale −0.5, offset 0 6 Y-field 7: −2.35 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 0.5, offset 0 7 Aperture: 0.342 SOLVE AND VARIABLE DATA: Parameter 1 Surf 5: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 5: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 5: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 5: Variable Parameter 5 Surf 5: Pickup from 2 times −1.000000, plus 0.000000 Parameter 1 Surf 6: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 6: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 6: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 6: Variable Thickness of 7: Variable Semi Diameter 7: Fixed Semi Diameter 8: Fixed Parameter 1 Surf 9: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 9: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 9: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 9: Variable Thickness of 10: Variable Semi Diameter 10: Fixed Semi Diameter 11: Fixed Parameter 3 Surf 14: Pickup from 12 times 1.000000, plus 0.000000 Parameter 1 Surf 15: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 15: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 15: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 15: Variable Parameter 5 Surf 15: Pickup from 1 times −1.000000, plus 0.000000 Thickness of 16: Variable Semi Diameter 16: Fixed Semi Diameter 17: Fixed Parameter 3 Surf 21: Pickup from 19 times 1.000000, plus 0.000000 Parameter 1 Surf 22: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 22: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 22: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 22: Variable Thickness of 23: Variable Semi Diameter 23: Fixed Thickness of 24: Variable Semi Diameter 24: Fixed Parameter 1 Surf 25: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 25: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 25: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 25: Variable Thickness of 26: Variable Parameter 1 Surf 28: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 28: Variable Parameter 3 Surf 28: Variable Parameter 4 Surf 28: Variable Parameter 2 Surf 34: Pickup from 32 times 1.000000, plus 0.000000 Parameter 1 Surf 42: Pickup from 40 times −1.000000, plus 0.000000 Parameter 2 Surf 42: Pickup from 40 times −1.000000, plus 0.000000 Thickness of 44: Solve, pick up value from 38, scaled by −1.00000, plus 0.00000 Semi Diameter 49: Fixed Curvature of 50: Solve, pick up value from 49, scaled by −1.00000 Semi Diameter 50: Pickup from 49 Semi Diameter 51: Fixed Semi Diameter 52: Fixed Semi Diameter 53: Fixed Semi Diameter 54: Fixed Config 1, Oper 2 X-field 2: −4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 1, offset 0 Config 1, Oper 3 Y-field 4: 4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale −1, offset 0 Config 1, Oper 4 X-field 5: −4.7 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 1, offset 0 Config 1, Oper 5 Y-field 6: 2.35 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale −0.5, offset 0 Config 1, Oper 6 Y-field 7: −2.35 Pick up from configuration 1, operand 1, scale 0.5, offset 0 INDEX OF REFRACTION DATA: Surf Glass Temp Pres 0.460000 0.525000 0.638000  0 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  1 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  2 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  3 BK7 20.00 1.00 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301  4 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  5 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  6 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  7 S-TIM5 25.00 1.00 1.61896887 1.60946991 1.59984226  8 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  9 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 10 S-LAH66 25.00 1.00 1.78746088 1.77844022 1.76890908 11 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 12 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 13 MIRROR 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 14 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 15 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 16 S-PHM52 25.00 1.00 1.62732483 1.62172274 1.61573794 17 S-TIH6 25.00 1.00 1.83685381 1.81725141 1.79821004 18 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 19 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 20 MIRROR 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 21 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 22 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 23 S-LAH66 25.00 1.00 1.78746088 1.77844022 1.76890908 24 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 25 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 26 S-LAH66 25.00 1.00 1.78746088 1.77844022 1.76890908 27 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 28 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 29 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 30 BK7 20.00 1.00 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 31 <CRD BRK> 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 32 <CRD BRK> 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 33 MIRROR 20.00 1.00 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 34 <CRD BRK> 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 35 <CRD BRK> 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 36 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 37 FK5 20.00 1.00 1.49402111 1.49012584 1.48585830 38 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 39 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 40 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 41 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 42 <CRD BRK> 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 43 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 44 MIRROR 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 45 FK5 20.00 1.00 1.49402111 1.49012584 1.48585830 46 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 47 BK7 20.00 1.00 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51491301 48 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 49 S-PHM53 25.00 1.00 1.61177822 1.60651481 1.60085657 50 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 51 S-BSM81 25.00 1.00 1.65011121 1.64405670 1.63750734 52 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 53 S-FSL5 25.00 1.00 1.49404408 1.49013274 1.48585674 54 S-TIH6 25.00 1.00 1.83685381 1.81725141 1.79821004 55 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 56 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 57 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 58 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION DATA: Surf Glass TCE *10E−6  0 0.00000000  1 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000  2 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000  3 BK7 7.10000000  4 0.00000000  5 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000  6 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000  7 S-TIM5 8.30000000  8 0.00000000  9 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 10 S-LAH66 6.20000000 11 0.00000000 12 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 13 MIRROR 0.00000000 14 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 15 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 16 S-PHM52 10.10000000 17 S-TIH6 8.90000000 18 0.00000000 19 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 20 MIRROR 0.00000000 21 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 22 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 23 S-LAH66 6.20000000 24 0.00000000 25 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 26 S-LAH66 6.20000000 27 0.00000000 28 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 29 0.00000000 30 BK7 7.10000000 31 <CRD BRK> 7.10000000 32 <CRD BRK> 7.10000000 33 MIRROR 0.00000000 34 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 35 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 36 0.00000000 37 FK5 9.20000000 38 0.00000000 39 0.00000000 40 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 41 0.00000000 42 <CRD BRK> 0.00000000 43 0.00000000 44 MIRROR 0.00000000 45 FK5 9.20000000 46 0.00000000 47 BK7 7.10000000 48 0.00000000 49 S-PHM53 9.30000000 50 0.00000000 51 S-BSM81 5.80000000 52 0.00000000 53 S-FSL5 9.00000000 54 S-TIH6 8.90000000 55 0.00000000 56 0.00000000 57 0.00000000 58 0.00000000 F/# DATA: F/# calculations consider vignetting factors and ignore surface apertures. Wavelength: 0.460000 0.525000 0.638000 # Field Tan Sag Tan Sag Tan Sag 1 0.0000, −4.7000 mm: 4.8398 4.3748 4.4425 4.0018 4.2373 3.7817 2 −4.7000, 0.0000 mm: 3.8570 6.8070 3.5637 6.0899 3.3948 5.7508 3 0.0000, 0.0000 mm: 3.8427 4.6147 3.5095 4.1546 3.3157 3.8884 4 0.0000, 4.7000 mm: 9.9516 4.6933 8.4478 4.2863 7.9387 4.0561 5 −4.7000, 0.0000 mm: 3.8570 6.8070 3.5637 6.0899 3.3948 5.7508 6 0.0000, 2.3500 mm: 4.6871 4.6396 4.2321 4.1943 3.9876 3.9387 7 0.0000, −2.3500 mm: 3.9215 4.5231 3.5916 4.0869 3.3990 3.8313 8 4.6800, 0.0000 mm: 3.7304 6.3593 3.4531 5.6840 3.2929 5.3537 GLOBAL VERTEX COORDINATES, ORIENTATIONS, AND ROTATION/OFFSET MATRICES: Reference Surface: 35 R11 R12 R13 X R21 R22 R23 Y Surf R31 R32 R33 Z  0 0.4336132998 0.4566178415 0.7768395285 4.517843432E+001 0.5349194913 0.5633300907 −0.6296986158 4.369443138E+001 −0.7251487047 0.6885923001 0.0000136360 −6.445732627E+001  1 −0.6290897799 0.0276838538 0.7768395285 4.510075037E+001 −0.7760893783 0.0341310725 −0.6296986158 4.375740124E+001 −0.0439468507 −0.9990338704 0.0000136360 −6.445732764E+001  2 −0.6296847481 −0.0041791009 0.7768395285 4.510075037E+001 −0.7768222763 −0.0051772806 −0.6296986158 4.375740124E+001 0.0066534903 −0.9999778652 0.0000136360 −6.445732764E+001  3 −0.6296847481 −0.0041791009 0.7768395285 4.510075037E+001 −0.7768222763 −0.0051772806 −0.6296986158 4.375740124E+001 0.0066534903 −0.9999778652 0.0000136360 −6.445732764E+001  4 −0.6296847481 −0.0041791009 0.7768395285 2.956395980E+001 −0.7768222763 −0.0051772806 −0.6296986158 5.635137355E+001 0.0066534903 −0.9999778652 0.0000136360 −6.445760036E+001  5 −0.3976204718 0.0418064530 0.9165970657 3.284979056E+001 −0.9168711729 0.0203151008 −0.3986659617 6.040498788E+001 −0.0352875716 −0.9989191745 0.0302534317 −6.503598962E+001  6 −0.6837956136 −0.0439565517 0.7283483921 2.368205873E+001 −0.7295767638 0.0574488052 −0.6814817536 6.066997554E+001 −0.0118871570 −0.9973802968 −0.0713529197 −6.474651317E+001  7 −0.6837956136 −0.0439565517 0.7283483921 2.368205873E+001 −0.7295767638 0.0574488052 −0.6814817536 6.066997554E+001 −0.0118871570 −0.9973802968 −0.0713529197 −6.474651317E+001  8 −0.6837956136 −0.0439565517 0.7283483921 1.793464400E+001 −0.7295767638 0.0574488052 −0.6814817536 6.604756449E+001 −0.0118871570 −0.9973802968 −0.0713529197 −6.418346556E+001  9 −0.6565646105 −0.0447960683 0.7529383935 1.751839659E+001 −0.7541295542 0.0582342911 −0.6541386572 6.622096220E+001 −0.0145439936 −0.9972973877 −0.0720166136 −6.308106508E+001 10 −0.6565646105 −0.0447960683 0.7529383935 1.751839659E+001 −0.7541295542 0.0582342911 −0.6541386572 6.622096220E+001 −0.0145439936 −0.9972973877 −0.0720166136 −6.308106508E+001 11 −0.6565646105 −0.0447960683 0.7529383935 1.408723977E+001 −0.7541295542 0.0582342911 −0.6541386572 6.920188645E+001 −0.0145439936 −0.9972973877 −0.0720166136 −6.275288379E+001 12 −0.6565646105 0.5276897813 0.5389493547 −9.715280989E−001 −0.7541295542 −0.4454717516 −0.4825386348 8.228465959E+001 −0.0145439936 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1.0000000000 −5.376050000E+001 ELEMENT VOLUME DATA: For centered elements with plane or spherical circular faces, exact volumes are computed by assuming edges are squared up to the larger of the front and back radial aperture. For all other elements, approximate volumes are numerically integrated to 0.1% accuracy. Zero volume means the volume cannot be accurately computed. Single elements that are duplicated in the Lens Data Editor for ray tracing purposes may be listed more than once yielding incorrect total mass estimates. Volume cc Density g/cc Mass g Element surf 3 to 4 8.025020 2.510000 20.142799 Element surf 7 to 8 4.769696 2.630000 12.544300 Element surf 10 to 11 3.391090 4.230000 14.344310 Element surf 16 to 17 7.818599 3.670000 28.694260 Element surf 17 to 18 9.784333 3.370000 32.973202 Element surf 23 to 24 3.695705 4.230000 15.632832 Element surf 26 to 27 4.281907 4.230000 18.112466 Element surf 30 to 31 0.000000 2.510000 0.000000 Element surf 31 to 32 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Element surf 32 to 33 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Element surf 34 to 35 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Element surf 35 to 36 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Element surf 37 to 38 1.018793 2.450000 2.496042 Element surf 45 to 46 1.074870 2.450000 2.633431 Element surf 47 to 48 22.437579 2.510000 56.318323 Element surf 49 to 50 2.231466 3.510000 7.832445 Element surf 51 to 52 2.387445 3.060000 7.305583 Element surf 53 to 54 1.482802 2.460000 3.647692 Element surf 54 to 55 2.899719 3.370000 9.772053 Total Mass: 232.449738 CARDINAL POINTS: Object space positions are measured with respect to surface 1. Image space positions are measured with respect to the image surface. The index in both the object space and image space is considered. Object Space Image Space W = 0.460000 Focal Length: −8.312566 8.312566 Focal Planes: 3.847888 −0.619539 Principal Planes: 12.160454 −8.932105 Anti-Principal Planes: −4.464678 7.693027 Nodal Planes: 12.160454 −8.932105 Anti-Nodal Planes: −4.464678 7.693027 W = 0.525000 (Primary) Focal Length: −8.441475 8.441475 Focal Planes: 3.965614 −0.715180 Principal Planes: 12.407089 −9.156655 Anti-Principal Planes: −4.475861 7.726295 Nodal Planes: 12.407089 −9.156655 Anti-Nodal Planes: −4.475861 7.726295 W = 0.638000 Focal Length: −8.588137 8.588137 Focal Planes: 4.163721 −0.827454 Principal Planes: 12.751857 −9.415591 Anti-Principal Planes: −4.424416 7.760682 Nodal Planes: 12.751857 −9.415591 Anti-Nodal Planes: −4.424416 7.760682

TABLE 2 ZEMAX Software Output Describing Surface Data Summary and Detail for Each Individual Element within the Projection Optical System 99 GENERAL LENS DATA: Surfaces: 22 Stop: 13 System Aperture: Object Space NA = 0.2 Telecentric Mode: On Glass Catalogs: MISC SCHOTT OHARA Ray Aiming: Off Apodization: Uniform, factor = 5.00000E−001 Effective Focal Length: 53.39083 (in air at system temperature and pressure) Effective Focal Length: 53.39083 (in image space) Back Focal Length: −622.2273 Total Track: 330.1757 Image Space F/#: 1.307803e−008 Paraxial Working F/#: 29.07414 Working F/#: 29.00313 Image Space NA: 0.01719487 Object Space NA: 0.2 Stop Radius: 2.913214 Paraxial Image Height: 88.17827 Paraxial Magnification: −11.86947 Entrance Pupil Diameter: 4.082483e+009 Entrance Pupil Position: 1e+010 Exit Pupil Diameter: 21.79671 Exit Pupil Position: −622.2273 Field Type: Object height in Millimeters Maximum Field: 7.429 Primary Wave: 0.46 Lens Units: Millimeters Angular Magnification: 1.872981e+008 Fields: 5 Field Type: Object height in Millimeters # X-Value Y-Value Weight 1 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 2 0.000000 2.500000 3.000000 3 0.000000 5.000000 12.000000 4 0.000000 7.000000 15.000000 5 0.000000 7.429000 1.000000 Vignetting Factors # VDX VDY VCX VCY VAN 1 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 3 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 4 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 5 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Wavelengths: 3 Units: μm # Value Weight 1 0.460000 1.000000 2 0.525000 1.000000 3 0.635000 1.000000 SURFACE DATA SUMMARY: Surf Type Comment Radius Thickness Glass Diameter Conic OBJ STANDARD Infinity 0 14.858 0  1 STANDARD Infinity 0.5 16.3438 0  2 STANDARD Infinity 3 N-FK5 16.56834 0  3 STANDARD Infinity 2.5 17.46482 0  4 STANDARD Infinity 23 N-BK7 18.5875 0  5 STANDARD Infinity 2 25.32628 0  6 STANDARD 49.071 5.778508 S-PHM53 27 0  7 STANDARD −49.071 0.2 27 0  8 STANDARD 23.88 6.19367 S-BSM81 27 0  9 STANDARD Infinity 0.2 23.87212 0 10 STANDARD 14.732 7.297311 S-FSL5 20 0 11 STANDARD −35.2 8.181407 S-TIH6 20 0 12 STANDARD 32 0.9104899 9 0 STO STANDARD Infinity 6.399912 6.116962 0 14 STANDARD −6.67 11.23256 S-TIH3 11 0 15 STANDARD −18 0.2 25.6 0 16 STANDARD −96.016 4.960048 S-TIH6 30 0 17 STANDARD −52.68 49.35403 34 0 18 STANDARD 182.45 11.9887 S-BSM81 92 0 19 STANDARD Infinity 161.2791 92 0 20 STANDARD Infinity 0 183.3892 0 21 EVENASPH 295.1198 25 POLYCARB 190.8502 0 IMA STANDARD Infinity 174.5479 0 SURFACE DATA DETAIL: Surface OBJ: STANDARD Surface 1: STANDARD Surface 2: STANDARD Surface 3: STANDARD Surface 4: STANDARD Surface 5: STANDARD Surface 6: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 7: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 8: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 13.5 Surface 9: STANDARD Surface 10: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 10 Surface 11: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 10 Surface 12: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 4.5 Surface STO: STANDARD Surface 14: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 5.5 Surface 15: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 12.8 Surface 16: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 15 Surface 17: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 17 Surface 18: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 46 Surface 19: STANDARD Aperture: Floating Aperture Maximum Radius: 46 Surface 20: STANDARD Surface 21: EVENASPH Coeff on r 2: 0 Coeff on r 4: 0 Coeff on r 6: 0 Coeff on r 8: 0 Coeff on r 10: 0 Coeff on r 12: 0 Coeff on r 14: 0 Coeff on r 16: 0 Surface IMA: STANDARD COATING DEFINITIONS: PHYSICAL OPTICS PROPAGATION SETTINGS SUMMARY: OBJ STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 1 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 2 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 3 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 4 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 5 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 6 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 7 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 8 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 9 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 10 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 11 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 12 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit STO STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 14 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 15 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 16 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 17 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 18 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 19 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 20 STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit 21 EVENASPH Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit IMA STANDARD Use Rays To Propagate To Next Surface: Off Recompute Pilot Beam: Off Do Not Rescale Beam Size Using Ray Data: Off Use Angular Spectrum Propagator: Off Use Parallel Probing Rays: Off Reference Radius: Best Fit EDGE THICKNESS DATA: Surf Edge OBJ 0.000000  1 0.500000  2 3.000000  3 2.500000  4 23.000000  5 3.893537  6 1.991435  7 6.275709  8 2.011497  9 4.113875 10 1.933102 11 9.949726 12 0.592504 STO 3.503359 14 8.784551 15 4.365649 16 3.320598 17 58.066448 18 6.094651 19 161.279099 20 15.853350 21 9.146650 IMA 0.000000 MULTI-CONFIGURATION DATA: Configuration 1: 1 Thickness 20: 0 Configuration 2: 1 Thickness 20: −5 Configuration 3: 1 Thickness 20: 5 SOLVE AND VARIABLE DATA: Thickness of 6: Variable Semi Diameter 6: Fixed Curvature of 7: Solve, pick up value from 6, scaled by −1.00000 Semi Diameter 7: Pickup from 6 Thickness of 8: Variable Semi Diameter 8: Pickup from 6 Thickness of 10: Variable Semi Diameter 10: Fixed Thickness of 11: Variable Semi Diameter 11: Pickup from 10 Thickness of 12: Variable Semi Diameter 12: Fixed Thickness of 13: Variable Thickness of 14: Variable Semi Diameter 14: Fixed Semi Diameter 15: Fixed Thickness of 16: Variable Semi Diameter 16: Fixed Thickness of 17: Variable Semi Diameter 17: Fixed Thickness of 18: Variable Semi Diameter 18: Fixed Thickness of 19: Variable Semi Diameter 19: Fixed Curvature of 21: Variable INDEX OF REFRACTION DATA: Surf Glass Temp Pres 0.460000 0.525000 0.635000  0 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  1 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  2 N-FK5 20.00 1.00 1.49402111 1.49012584 1.48594605  3 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  4 N-BK7 20.00 1.00 1.52443350 1.51986781 1.51501420  5 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  6 S-PHM53 25.00 1.00 1.61177822 1.60651481 1.60097110  7 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000  8 S-BSM81 25.00 1.00 1.65011121 1.64405670 1.63764082  9 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 10 S-FSL5 25.00 1.00 1.49404408 1.49013274 1.48594450 11 S-TIH6 25.00 1.00 1.83685381 1.81725141 1.79857441 12 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 13 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 14 S-TIH3 25.00 1.00 1.76602131 1.74996726 1.73451038 15 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 16 S-TIH6 25.00 1.00 1.83685381 1.81725141 1.79857441 17 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 18 S-BSM81 25.00 1.00 1.65011121 1.64405670 1.63764082 19 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 20 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 21 POLYCARB 20.00 1.00 1.60505860 1.59293157 1.58138766 22 20.00 1.00 1.00000000 1.00000000 1.00000000 THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION DATA: Surf Glass TCE *10E−6  0 0.00000000  1 0.00000000  2 N-FK5 9.20000000  3 0.00000000  4 N-BK7 7.10000000  5 0.00000000  6 S-PHM53 9.30000000  7 0.00000000  8 S-BSM81 5.80000000  9 0.00000000 10 S-FSL5 9.00000000 11 S-TIH6 8.90000000 12 0.00000000 13 0.00000000 14 S-TIH3 8.50000000 15 0.00000000 16 S-TIH6 8.90000000 17 0.00000000 18 S-BSM81 5.80000000 19 0.00000000 20 0.00000000 21 POLYCARB 67.00000000 22 0.00000000 F/# DATA: F/# calculations consider vignetting factors and ignore surface apertures. Wavelength: 0.460000 0.525000 0.635000 # Field Tan Sag Tan Sag Tan Sag 1 0.0000 mm: 29.0031 29.0031 28.8420 28.8420 28.9161 28.9161 2 2.5000 mm: 29.2056 29.0837 29.0481 28.9190 29.0876 28.9776 3 5.0000 mm: 29.5933 29.3230 29.5306 29.1621 29.5295 29.1850 4 7.0000 mm: 29.0724 29.5275 29.2642 29.4061 29.3265 29.4099 5 7.4290 mm: 28.6953 29.5394 28.9573 29.4353 29.0457 29.4397 GLOBAL VERTEX COORDINATES, ORIENTATIONS, AND ROTATION/OFFSET MATRICES: Reference Surface: 0 R11 R12 R13 X R21 R22 R23 Y Surf R31 R32 R33 Z  0 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.000000000E+000  1 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.000000000E+000  2 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 5.000000000E−001  3 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.500000000E+000  4 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 6.000000000E+000  5 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 2.900000000E+001  6 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.100000000E+001  7 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.677850848E+001  8 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.697850848E+001  9 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 4.317217864E+001 10 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 4.337217864E+001 11 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 5.066948953E+001 12 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 5.885089610E+001 13 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 5.976138604E+001 14 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 6.616129816E+001 15 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 7.739386198E+001 16 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 7.759386198E+001 17 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 8.255391027E+001 18 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 1.319079376E+002 19 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 1.438966413E+002 20 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.051757408E+002 21 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.051757408E+002 22 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.000000000E+000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 1.0000000000 3.301757408E+002 ELEMENT VOLUME DATA: For centered elements with plane or spherical circular faces, exact volumes are computed by assuming edges are squared up to the larger of the front and back radial aperture. For all other elements, approximate volumes are numerically integrated to 0.1% accuracy. Zero volume means the volume cannot be accurately computed. Single elements that are duplicated in the Lens Data Editor for ray tracing purposes may be listed more than once yielding incorrect total mass estimates. Volume cc Density g/cc Mass g Element surf 2 to 3 0.718686 2.450000 1.760781 Element surf 4 to 5 11.586722 2.510000 29.082673 Element surf 6 to 7 2.231471 3.510000 7.832462 Element surf 8 to 9 2.387256 3.060000 7.305005 Element surf 10 to 11 1.482899 2.460000 3.647932 Element surf 11 to 12 2.886252 3.370000 9.726669 Element surf 14 to 15 5.826621 3.110000 18.120791 Element surf 16 to 17 3.888465 3.370000 13.104127 Element surf 18 to 19 60.212756 3.060000 184.251035 Element surf 21 to 22 449.470461 1.250000 561.838077 Total Mass: 836.669550 CARDINAL POINTS: Object space positions are measured with respect to surface 1. Image space positions are measured with respect to the image surface. The index in both the object space and image space is considered. Object Space Image Space W = 0.460000 (Primary) Focal Length: −53.390829 53.390829 Focal Planes: 4.498166 −622.227272 Principal Planes: 57.888995 −675.618101 Anti-Principal Planes: −48.892663 −568.836444 Nodal Planes: 57.888995 −675.618101 Anti-Nodal Planes: −48.892663 −568.836444 W = 0.525000 Focal Length: −51.915834 51.915834 Focal Planes: 4.391026 −604.898243 Principal Planes: 56.306860 −656.814077 Anti-Principal Planes: −47.524807 −552.982409 Nodal Planes: 56.306860 −656.814077 Anti-Nodal Planes: −47.524807 −552.982409 W = 0.635000 Focal Length: −50.637947 50.637947 Focal Planes: 4.268027 −589.053890 Principal Planes: 54.905974 −639.691837 Anti-Principal Planes: −46.369920 −538.415942 Nodal Planes: 54.905974 −639.691837 Anti-Nodal Planes: −46.369920 −538.415942

The illumination optical system 98 as described above properly images the output surface of the optical concentrator element 16 directly on the digital imaging device 75.

Instead of comprising lenses, the elements within the illumination and projection optical systems each may alternatively comprise a refractive element, a reflective element (e.g. mirror), a diffractive element, or combinations thereof. The surface shapes may be provided in whole, or in part, by Fresnel steps or facets. It may be desirable to provide additional mirror elements to effect additional folds in the optical path of the optical system to thereby reduce the overall dimensions of the housing containing the DLP system 100.

The DLP system 100 described above preferably has the following characteristics: high resolution (e.g. XGA or greater); low power requirement of less than 30 watts; light weight (less than 30 pounds); small form factor; inputs such as, for example, DVI, VGA, USB, RS232, composite, and HDMI may be employed.

The DLP system 100 of the present invention may be employed as a free-standing or hand-held projector (i.e. without a screen), or alternatively may be employed in conjunction with a screen such as, for example, the types disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,301,417 issued to Biscardi et al or U.S. Pat. No. 6,487,350 issued to Veligdan et al. These screens (or optical display panels) are known to have superior brightness and contrast even in ambient conditions.

The contemplated modifications and variations specifically mentioned above are considered to be within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various modifications and variations may be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, other colored LEDs may be employed for the LED arrays 150 instead of the red, green, or blue LEDs mentioned in the above embodiment. It is therefore to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed above, but it is intended to cover such modifications and variations as defined by the following claims. 

1. An optical system for a digital light projection system, the optical system comprising: at least one LED array, wherein each LED array comprises a plurality of LEDs; and an optical concentrator element positioned substantially adjacent to each LED array, wherein each concentrator element totally internally reflects light emitted from the plurality of LEDs within the corresponding LED array so as to provide substantially uniform light at an output surface of each concentrator element.
 2. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element is positioned directly in contact with each LED array.
 3. The optical system of claim 1 further comprising an optical coupling material positioned between the concentrator element and each LED array, wherein the optical coupling material is in contact with the concentrator element and each LED array.
 4. The optical system of claim 3, wherein the optical coupling material comprises a gel having an index of refraction which substantially matches that of the concentrator element.
 5. The optical system of claim 1, wherein each LED array comprises LEDs which are less than 0.35 mm in width.
 6. The optical system of claim 1, wherein each LED array comprises LEDs which are spaced from adjacent LEDs within the same array by an amount less than 0.025 mm.
 7. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element has a conic shape.
 8. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element has a complex conic shape.
 9. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element has a substantially parabolic cross section.
 10. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a polymer, plastic, glass, and combinations thereof.
 11. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the concentrator element comprises Zeonex®.
 12. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the optical system is an illumination optical system.
 13. The optical system of claim 1 further comprising a digital imaging device.
 14. The optical system of claim 13, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element is imaged directly on the digital imaging device.
 15. An optical system for a digital light projection system, the optical system comprising: a plurality of LED arrays, wherein each LED array comprises a plurality of LEDs; an optical concentrator element positioned substantially adjacent to each of the LED arrays, wherein each concentrator element totally internally reflects light emitted from the plurality of LEDs within the corresponding LED array so as to provide substantially uniform light at an output surface of each concentrator element; and an optical combiner element, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element is positioned substantially adjacent to a corresponding side of the combiner element, and wherein the combiner element spatially combines the substantially uniform light provided at the output surface of each concentrator element so as to form substantially white light at an output surface of the combiner element.
 16. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element is positioned directly in contact with each LED array.
 17. The optical system of claim 15 further comprising an optical coupling material positioned between the concentrator element and each LED array, wherein the optical coupling material is in contact with the concentrator element and each LED array.
 18. The optical system of claim 17, wherein the optical coupling material comprises a gel having an index of refraction which substantially matches that of the concentrator element.
 19. The optical system of claim 15, wherein each LED array comprises LEDs which are less than 0.35 mm in width.
 20. The optical system of claim 15, wherein each LED array comprises LEDs which are spaced from adjacent LEDs within the same array by an amount less than 0.025 mm.
 21. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element has a conic shape.
 22. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element has a complex conic shape.
 23. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element has a substantially parabolic cross section.
 24. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a polymer, plastic, glass, and combinations thereof.
 25. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the concentrator element comprises Zeonex®.
 26. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of LED arrays consists of 3 LED arrays, wherein the 3 LED arrays consist of 3 single-color LED arrays, and wherein each of the 3 single-color LED arrays is of a different color from one another.
 27. The optical system of claim 26, wherein the 3 single-color LED arrays consist of an LED array consisting of only red LEDs, an LED array consisting of only green LEDs, and an LED array consisting of only blue LEDs.
 28. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of LED arrays consists of 3 LED arrays, and wherein the combiner element is a combiner cube.
 29. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of LED arrays consists of 3 LED arrays, wherein the combiner element is a dichroic combiner cube.
 30. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of LED arrays consists of 3 LED arrays, wherein the combiner element is a dichroic combiner cube, and wherein the combiner cube comprises 4 prisms.
 31. The optical system of claim 15, wherein the optical system is an illumination optical system.
 32. The optical system of claim 15 further comprising a digital imaging device.
 33. The optical system of claim 32, wherein the output surface of each concentrator element is imaged directly on the digital imaging device. 